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Thank you guy's I meant for the closet to be 6" higher like the entry and that fixed everything. That was all it took. Stupid me! :unsure:

I modified the original post for plan. I was having problems uploading the plan because of the file size. Used drop box and should work now.

Don't understand why I'm having problems with this foundation. Picture and plan attached. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53713740/Lum%20Plan.plan

Every city that I'm working in provides me with the plan review list and general notes that apply to their city specific and some of them are just straight out of code so most of them work from city to city. After my first post and processing this think I will continue to cut and paste their notes on the front page because if they are familiar with the general notes they don't have to study them to closely so it makes it easier for them to review. Everything on my front page will be city specific requirements and I will label that page as such. I agree with other suggestions that I should add the notes (even if its in their twice) to floor plan, electrical plan, foundation plan....... Now that code has changed so much around here the last couple of years I find myself rebuilding my boiler plates so this discussion really helps me.

Yea its kind of a passing thought to generalize my notes. It's one of those come and go I ideas. It's not hard to cut and paste the notes specific for each city into the library so I will continue going with the way I'm doing it. Thank you for your input.

This question is more for California Architects and Designers, I have been doing drawing for several years and have always posted the general notes in the plan specific for the city I'm in. It has been so long since I have seen another set of plans besides my own. So my question is; is it typical to do it that way or do some go thru and combine notes so they work in every city?

Does this thread hold the record for longest thread? I can believe it is still going!

I'm have to call Dell support. Something has changed in my system and I need them to clean it up anyway. I pay yearly for their support. Its good money spent so I don't waste countless hours fixing and cleaning when things go wrong. Also they do scheduled maintenance.

I think someone should start "CA Video's for Dummy's" I would be the first in line to buy it! Just a Dumb Biker

I really appreciate the video but that wasn't the problem. I had to download winzip so I could unzip the macro files. I got that to work but also Joe finally just put the macro up so I can cut and paste it. Everything is working great now!!! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You All you guys are great! I love the video's!

Thanks for all the good post and video's. I finally got it. You guys make me feel really dumb sometimes.

Nice work Charlie! I used Hardie siding for the garage I built. Good stuff!

I couldn't open the links you sent me with the formulas in it. I copied the one from the video is how I got it to work. I need to study macros and learn how you did that. Thank You Richard

I got it to work with the cross box but I cant get it to pick up the PSolid. I have tried transparent, solid fill and every other scenario I could think of.

Not trying to prove a point of who thought of it first. I just wanted to know if I might be missing something. He also mentioned in his post (not video) you can use PSolids. Everyone explains things a little different for the same Idea and I like that because we all learn different. I'm terrible with written directions so I like the video's. BTW, I couldn't get Richards macro to work. I attached the dialog box. Maybe someone can tell me what I have wrong. I typed it in because the file he sent did not work.

Joe, What is the difference between what you just shared and Richards video?

That worked really good Joey all my stuff is in order now and works great!!!

Thank you Joey I think I will try that!

Well Joey I think you should put all your files and data and put it on an external drive and wipe out your internal storage drive, delete Chief and re load the program so you get a fresh start.

joey_martin, on 26 May 2015 - 09:47 AM, said: I do the same exact thing with drop box and it works great and is another backup. But in order to run from another computer you would have to have all the data files. Like the library, templates..... Do you also have that in drop box? Or is the whole program in drop box? I keep my data files and plan files as per the attached picture like this on my second drive which is also in drop box. In this way every time I install a new CA program version I can keep tract of what version I drew it in. When I open it in an earlier version I save it in the latest version. The problem is when I set all this up with the two different drives and drop box I got things working but mixed things up and don't know how to straiten it out. I need to understand better how the data files are kept with CA because now I have duplicates and I'm afraid to move things around. Does anyone know of how I can get instruction of how to straighten out my mess? Attached Thumbnails

Would that just be your plan and layout files you put in drop box? Do you still leave all the CA data files on the C drive?

I would love it if CA could have an "in house" spread sheet or a way the we can export excel into it and still have the working calculations. In addition to the macros to work with the spread sheet would be nice. I think it would be easier then using the schedules for some of the things we do. Does that make any sense or do we already have something like that or am I just nuts?

Not to sure what you are talking about. All my projects I have to match existing. Attached pictures show the existing house on the right and the new back side of the garage we build. The materials aren't a perfect match but similar look.

Now this other home I'm working on is clearly historical. But the owners knew what they were getting in to and so there are no issues. We are going to build a pergola off the back deck over the garage and of course it will have to match the other materials.

Ok, you got me started! So the home on the right is historical and the home on the left is not. Can anyone tell me the difference? I can, the home owner on the right has to pay out $1200.00 for planning review to tell him that he has to spend a crap load of $$$ to buy expensive wood window sashes because they wont allow him to put vinyl block frames in the existing wood frame like all his other neighbors. Go figure!!!??? I think that before escrow closes that the new home owner should be aware that they are buying an historical home and have to sign off on it. I mean, with a home that looks like this would you think it is historical when you buy it? Most people would not even give it a thought.